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: — re oto se fe a SS The Ken West Citisen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. Pisa SEAS © OR BSS ess Se Ss St Sa ee Se bed Redd ed i Se tle ec ee a i OE eat rise : VOL. LXXI.- No. 242 KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1950 PRICE FIVE CENT: farships, Planes sist. O'Steen Says Key West y Chianti on To Havana Ferry Trips Tammer LNOngjiN =: Will Start Shortly Manager Charles Would Not Surprise Him lf : Roberts Assault Today * iS - vi ng took over the Is Only 49 Allan ‘ Hampton Invents offices of city manager this Inaugu rated This Coming Winter A blueprint to make Key West one of the great Miles From morning in Key West 8:30 , tourist centers of the world and the “gateway to Latm Soviet Siberia _ | 2S Conversion Ring Now a ae ue America and Cuba” was outlined by Floride Greyhound Homestead for this city by Executive T. B. O'Steen in an address te members and | Boy Admits Slaying For Friend rorvo, ox aut! I Use All Over Country “On hand to greet the ships and planes are hammering manager were many of his today in @ combined assault of] CONVERSION UNITS AREEASY TO APPLY [fellow workers ducing his Raswuuak the North Korean east coast city AND DO NOT’MAR STOVE APPEARANCE previous administration at ‘ i icial's pi of Chongjin. The port city is 34 ‘ : : eins 7 _|the time he became Key ; The transportation official's plan is composed of miles southeast of the Manchuri- Conversion rings are being installed on gas stoves West's first city manager two major projects: an berder—49 miles from Soviet} throughout the city, which will help reduce large gas = Siberia. bills,” Allan L. Hampton, vice president and manager pong i SOE: —e of 0 etapa ao tesay euseinn Me ete. trom hae : ger form of government from Key West to Havana: x dispa of the Key West Gas Company, announces. in 1945 of - invasion but they sate ihe vim | _ _ This conversion ring, which increases the intensity P Inducemest of more people to establish larity of the sea and air strike| Of the heat produced by Propane-Air gas in ordinary poems pene ry pr to that which preceded the UN/ gas stoves, was invented by Mr. Hampton. It was ex- 3 saps nog aioe invasion at Inchon, preliminary] hibited by the E. F. Griffiths Manufacturing Company | ¥°U : nope ya to the drive on Seoul. | e - és 38 > | have come to stay. First news of the bombard- | Of Philadelphia at the National Exposition of Gas Appli- King assured Roberts he ment of Chongjin was flash- | ances and Equipment held last week in Atlantic City. tanted to" stay ia eee <4 fem lige Peteonidhogarend | An estimated 15,000 people, from all over the country, } yo, y 3 is leading the naval attack. | attended the exposition, at which approximately oad Alic:-ocound cf eed The travel authority predicted that 2 Key Wes Havana ship service would begin operation on 2 ire AP Correspondent Gene Her-| * manufacturers were repre- near rick says the shelling and bomb-| ecuniatel ke gl a “In fact” QSuen tact “E ing began when the United | ( From Key West, Albert E|Versation, King an as. would act surprise me t see States Cruiser He'ena ict _go| WWOVET' nment Peirce gas ‘company president |Roberts, the then acting maugurated tes comme Wx with her eight-inch swells. The} Mrs. Peirce, Andrew Rodriguez.| city m ior * lefts for sason “Mighty Mo” then opened up = office manager, end Mr. Hamp- agi = : ; meaz time with her big 16-inch guns. tops niry ton attended the exposition and|C°ference on city affairs. : | wutng Far Big 1 ABRs - meres ‘ also the National Convention of Many well-wishers all mere ae e area for 30 minutes the American Gas Association}gver the city a at . Ghongiin represents oe to! PTO America — (Ria ‘eccsnmces win ae cn] Nee, te city appeared = Bhest point in North Korea yet to | position. Fag” Ipft here Sunday, ager's office during} JERBY KILLINGE! oe + aie he attacked by allied-warships! a0. Officials Oct. 1, and returned last Friday.| the day to extend their con-| and killed Harold Seer po The city is a vital rail and higb- xd Mr. Hampton has been work-|gratulations and tell of| # 4 way link in the Communist) Throughout World ing on a method to gain more i i Goce chain_of communications. their support in building a ‘The. industrial port. city’s nor- “Greater Key West”. new. city heat from the Propane-Air gas, To Suspend Visas 0 Of Those Enroute ied ground enetration, that]_The United States nas ordéred of South Korean troops at the Officials throughout the world to Korea east coast port of Won- . “4 san. suspend temporariiv passport ‘vi- RE. i This increase, however, was votes gs ers - not as evident as it should have dast week's election. Only the Missouri and the He-/S25 issued to persons planning to After f experi 5 source fagh official lena have been identified as tak-|come to the United States. ge eS a lief in my integrity which = 2 c2 ap Somer Solin oul ine pertin tres yet — Officials said today that the -—— | was shown in their desire es pirited is a leader of the labor party |) ish warships also /iorders were sent out yesterday | PERMIT OORIN — . : : Ei which Vargas. awn tq be in the attacking|by the State Department. The P Bat Re ING | to have me return here. -° ” This ‘ae said Vargas will “force operating under the/orders will permit a recheck of | PILES IS MODIFIED ‘Have been talking to “Civie Indifference oliow Brazil's weditionai policy command of American Vice-Ad4} individual records because of the | B9¥ STANDARD OIL CO. : ee ae the personnel of the city we and they are all on- their STATES THAT THERE IS A FERTILE toes, ready to go. FIELD FOR MORE ACTIVE CHAMBER “There has been a lot of! building going on in the County Clerk Earl R. Adams took over as president city. ‘And shat speaks well} of the Key West Chamber of Commerce last night and for the future. When there} 0¢g@" his reign with a spirited attack on “civic indif- is building going on all; ference” in this city. = : over the city, it establishes Adams, who replaced retiring President Joe Allen the fact that people have| 2t the chamber’s annual dinner-meeting last evening, confidence in the future.| told more than 100 members and guests that there is a And a business government “fertile field for a more active Chamber of Commerce in Key West will assist to-| in Key West. — 2 siete wards that end. ‘Community progress depends on a progressive “J assure the people that} 8overnment and a progressive government depends on the business government of | Progressive - minded citi- ° : Pinball Machines miral Arthur Struvic. tight new internal security law. Within one hour of the com-| ‘The new security: law was en- bined assault, hue fires were acted over President -\Truman’s| the Department of the Army by seen burning inside Chongjin. A veto. The law bars entry of| Standard Oil Company of Ken- naval spokesman announced that/aliens who have been at any tucky, Jacksonville, Florida, for shelling of selected Red targets|time members of the communist}™Odification of a permit issued was 90 per cent accurate. November 13, 1947, to place moor- ing piles, in Key West Bight “or other totalitarian” parties. Driving Steadily } Enforcement of the new law . Toward Capital |has resulted in the detention of|{@n arm of Florida Bay), at ap- Fay to the south of Chongjin,|several hundred aliens who al/|Plicant’s property near the inter- allied ground forces are driving{ready had been granted visas, |Section of Caroline and Grinnell steadily toward the Red Korean|entry permits, when the law | Streets, Key West, Florida. capital of Pyongyang. |went into effect. ‘The existing permit authorizes Pounding forward on three} Some 200 persons were being | thé permittee to place 16 timber fronts, from the south, southwest |held yesterday at Ellis Island, {Piles on approximately 13-foot and east, the a appear to be|New York. Italy- and Germany |centers, in line parallel to, and set for new vic s. have protested against the deten- |55 feet channelward from, an ex- In some spots, the Reds are|tion of their nationals. isting bulkhead at the north- resisting fiercely, but at other| (a ee, ee ae eeeing | munisss are with-| Deivate Planes poses tq remove 10 of the above- A spokesman for General Mac mentioned ais ad proposes. 0 Arthur says that a general re May Be Used By construct an extension to an exist. treat "may have been started “by ing pier at the said property, the Application has been made .to Key West from now on will| Zens,” asserted the new be on a business basis, and, President. es A = Adams set forth an ambitious only on a business basis— criteria for community growth, Hh ) ’ : Can Be Legal If 6,000 to 10,000 R in the cen- proposed extension to project in-| working for the good of the} which included satisfactory con * Decause of tral area of the mile battle- USA For Defense to the waterway 138 feet from peo} “i ditions relative to government, Ended front. z z the head of the existing pier, or| People at.larg publicity, industry. social factors, Free abun Near the western end of the} WASHINGTON, Oct. 12—<#),}a total distance of 450 feet from : distribution, and transportation. to office line, at Kumchon, and in the|—The government is starting a] the said bulkhead. The extension Carrier Leyte Has |°“te ‘Key west Chamber of] TALLAHASSEE, Oct. 12). ; aude oe northeast, near captured Won-|Survey today to determine how}would terminate in a T-shaped j commerce has fallen down in some} —2he question of pinball .ma- ; head 100 feet long and 12 feet wide. It is further proposed to dnve 12 piles in a line parallel to and about 30 feet northeasterly from the existing pier; and to dredge san, however, enemy forces stil] |C0™mercial and private airplanes are fighting a stand-or-die bat-|¢an be used in the nation’s de- tle. fense program. South Korean Sixth Division] The survey was announced by soldiers have overwhelmed Com-|Chairman W. Stuart Symington munist troops in the vital cen-|0f the Natioual Security Resoure- tral region, gapturing three ci-|¢S Board. : to a depth of 12 feet below mean/Carrier Leyte has joined the! The chamber of commerce has ties. One of the cities is 28 miles] | Delos Rentzel is named generaljlow water an area about 35 feet|United Nations forces off the! need for the services of all its above the 38th parallel. chairman of the project. He is the} wide parallel to the northwester-| cast coast of Korea after a fast | members and, in turn, the cham- West of the three-city triangle} 4ead of. the Civil Aeronauties}ly side of the existing pier and|trip three-quarters of the way | ber offers great opportunity for ‘American First Cavalry Division| Board. = to dredge to a similar depth am} sround the world. personal development, he told GI's have been joined by British| Symington said the purpose of!area about 65 feet wide parallel} The 27 thousand-ton pres them. and Australian troops in a smash|*he survey is to make plans forjte and abutting the head of the completed its more than 18| Other officers elected by the toward Kumchon meeting demands an emergency/existing pier. The dredged ma-| thousand mile voyage in less than)| new board of directors who were It is a vital defense bastion for| ight impose on the air transportjterial woul be placed on ap-|35 days. The carrier started from} (Continued On Page Six) the Communist capital, Pyong-| industry. plicant’s upland property shore- / Beirut, Lebanon in the Mediter~ | (Continued On Page Three) ward of adequate retaining dikes. | ranean. ~ = ———_————}_ It. traveled then to Norfolk; | TICKET OFFICE Delicious | ALL AIRLINES CAR OWNERS! | \ Virginia, San Diego, California, HOME-COOKED We Have Added Hawaii and Japan. ! CE Fe strafed Sect bocabed ed a PRI ‘OUR aa ; FOOD SALE |: remiss ss Phone 124) LY@nsmission THE KEY WEST || Parts WOMAN'S CLUB || Announcing Gears, ETC. chines came up for another rul ing today. : * | of these fields,” declared the for- Joined UN Forees | 80s) secised be new ci ur; orean those present to take part in civie TOKYO, Oct. 12—(#)—The| activities during the coming year concentrations near Wonsan o§ 319 Duval Street : Sk ty's Restaurant Saturday. Oct. 14th, || 6 DUVAL STREET :00-6:00 “l) Will Be nm Saturday * P.M. Oct. 14—5 P. Til 1 AM. re a rhs